NIA takes custody of 2 JeM suspects in terror cases

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday took custody of two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operatives, imprisoned in Jammu under the Public Safety Act (PSA), to interrogate in connection with various terror acts, including the February 14 Pulwama attack, NIA officials said here.

“They have been brought here in a general case that was registered in March in Delhi,” NIA spokesperson Alok Mittal told .

Tanveer Ahmad Ganie, 29, and Bilal Ahmad Mir, 23, both residents of the Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, were brought from the Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu and produced before the special NIA court on Thursday against a production warrant.

The court remanded them to seven-day NIA custody till May 2. Read More